Ok, the question which framework is not fair. It is like asking what is better a hammer or a drill. Well it depends on what you are trying to do.
I have been studying the Zend Framework for the last few days, and I'm trying to brush up on it and get familiar with it, as my work is considering moving to a set of web apps that is integrated with Zend Framework.
As a progamer who likes small simple and "targeted" programs Zend Framework seems like such overkill....